China Ups the Pressure to Control Disputed Waters

China Ups the Pressure to Control Disputed Waters
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier Shandong sails into Hong Kong waters as it arrives in Hong Kong on July 3, 2025. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is intensifying efforts to assert control over the Senkaku Islands, the Taiwan Strait, and the South and East China Seas, with the supposed soon-to-be-commissioned Fujian aircraft carrier marking a major expansion of its naval power and heightening the risk of confrontation with the United States and its allies.

Antonio Graceffo
Antonio Graceffo
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Antonio Graceffo, Ph.D., is a China economy analyst who has spent more than 20 years in Asia. Graceffo is a graduate of the Shanghai University of Sport, holds an MBA from Shanghai Jiaotong University, and studied national security at American Military University.